Thursday 26th September 2024

Aki up to ready herself for a visit to the dentist. I dozed for a bit then rose for porridging. Aki cycled off...I repaired to the back bedroom to make a noise on my electric guitar. Aki back, having popped into Waitrose on her cycle home. I read some Dickens. Lunch. Aki at the computer for most of the afternoon. I researched guitar distortion pedals, and did a little rehearsing in the back bedroom. Warmed up some pizzaiola sauce for dinner, which I poured on top of some tortelloni, and added some vegetables and cheese. 

Caught a No.253 bus to Manor House, and from there hopped onto a No.141 heading south toward Green Lanes. Rocked up at the Scolts Head pub around 1945. Very busy establishment. We found the back room where Peter Werth and his jazz quintet were just starting up. Matthew and Tamara already there. Tom turned up about an hour later. The band were good, though the trumpet player was a bit all over the place…they specialise in 40s/50s era jazz standards…a bit of Monk, a bit of Parker, a bit of Timmons…and they were joined occasionally by a young female singer with a nice vocal tone. Peter came over to say hello in the interval, and introduced his wife, Amanda. There were a couple of grown up daughters in the room too. Altogether a very pleasant evening. We made our way home via the routes we had come…bath and bed.